So as a healthcare professional and in one sentence, tell me and others… How do you get your patients interested in Self Management

So as a healthcare professional and in one sentence, tell me and others… How do you get your patients interested in Self Management

You familiarise yourself with their history, listen to what they tell you about their life with pain, pick up on cues they give you and make the discussion relevant to their life.

Fiona Cameron 

You tell them they can achieve their goals- not yours. And then when they ask how- start providing answers that move them in that direction.

Amy Eicher 

Explain the need to manage a condition as a therapist  is not with them 7 days a week.

Helen Riris 

Saying out loud the obvious:diet change, exercise, pace, ask for help, make goals/plans, help them realise that there is other alternative to medication.

Agota Azemi

Motivational interview, explore what is important, attainable, sustainable and satisfying…work towards that.

Diarmuid Denneny

Meet the patient where they are at. Not everyone is ready for self management. We cannot fix everyone’s problems. But definitely always educate and provide enough information, tools, skills etc for the patient to know what their role is in the rehab relationship.

Lavender Fields

“The more you do on your own, the less you have to pay me to do!"

Never get any argument

Dan Beckmann 

1. Educate

2. Demonstrate cause and effect to build trust

3. Demonstrate empathy

Vince Gutierrez 

I start by asking them if they’d like to take control of their pain situation.

Dan D’Egidio 

By telling them my honest success story - the good, the bad and the ugly.

Leah Dwyer